A police officer in Alabama, Joel Husk has been fired after sharing what many
consider to be racist memes about Michelle Obama, on his personal Facebook
page. He was sacked from the police force on Wednesday for a Facebook
post.
Husk shared a meme on his page showing pictures of Melania
Trump with the words, 'Fluent in Slovenian, English, French, Serbian and
German' and another photo of Michelle Obama with the words 'Fluent in Ghetto.'
Another post Husk, 37, shared showed a photo from the
Facebook group 'Last American Patriots'.
That post showed bodies lying on an apparent battlefield
with the caption, 'Over 620,000 white people died to free black slaves and
still to this day not even 1 thank you,' according to Bryant.
Bryant stated that the two posts violated a long-standing policy of the police department, the city of Talladega's code of conduct and their social media policy.
'We will not tolerate that kind of conduct by any employees.
We take very seriously our responsibility to treat everyone equally and
equitably. We have to make sure we take steps for the community to trust
us.'
He told The Washington Post that the
statements Husk posted are 'deemed to be biased or racially insensitive or
derogatory can affect the community's trust in the police department and, when
that happens, we have to take action to correct it.''
He added that 'As public employees, and especially law
enforcement officers, we have a standard of excellence to uphold.'
Husk, who had worked with the department for about two and a
half years, could not be reached for comment.
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